This beautiful vintage Christmas postcard, illustrated by Ellen Clapsaddle, features a cluster of mistletoe and berries on a red and green background. The greeting on the card is: A Merry Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Ladies’ Hats
This page is filled with nine illustrated styles of Victorian ladies’ fashionable hats. Included on the page is: a ladies’ carriage hat, ladies’ theatre hat, ladies’ large hat, ladies’ velvet hat, young ladies’ velvet hat, ladies’ felt hat, and three young ladies’ hats. Here is a black and white version of each hat on one…
Victorian Girl Baking Plum Pudding
This adorable vintage postcard features a sweet Victorian girl doing some Christmas baking. She is wearing a red and white dress, a white scarf tied over her hair and a much-too-large blue and white gingham apron that probably belongs to her mother. The girl is using a wooden spoon to stir ingredients in a large…
Fruiting Branch of Mandarin Orange
This wonderful vintage illustration of a fruiting branch of mandarin orange includes two ripe oranges and several leaves on a branch. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Christmas Country Scene
This vintage postcard illustrates a beautiful scene that includes a snow-covered home in the country at dusk. The house is in a valley near a creek. An arched bridge over the creek is a short distance from the house. The cozy scene is framed by snowy evergreen tree branches and pine cones. The greeting on…
A Cup of Tea Vintage Clip Art
A Cup of Tea, by E. L. Sylvester, is a sweet vintage poem about five girls serving tea. The girls are named: Phoebe, Dolly, Rhoda, Polly, and the youngest is simply referred to as Baby. Phoebe is bringing the teapot filled with tea, Dolly is carrying a pitcher of cream, Rhoda has the cups, Polly…
Christmas Rose Floral Illustration
Here is a beautiful vintage illustration of the Christmas Rose. I thought you may also enjoy the following poem titled The Christmas Rose, by an anonymous author, which is included in the book with the description of the flower. I scanned the original illustration and poem from Familiar Garden Flowers by F. Edward Hulme, circa 1897….
Flexible Flyer Sled Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a Flexible Flyer sled that was manufactured by the S. L. Allen & Co., in Philadelphia. The ad states that this sled is self-steering, you manage it without your feet on the steering bar, and it goes faster than any other sled. The ad is from the December…
Clapsaddle Kids Thanksgiving Pie
I purchased this adorable vintage Thanksgiving postcard online recently, hoping it would arrive by Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the United States last week; however, it just arrived in my mailbox today. I quickly scanned and digitally cleaned it up, hoping that some of you may still be working on Thanksgiving scrapbooking or journaling memories and…
December by K. Pyle ~ Vintage Poem
December by K. Pyle On Christmas day, when fires were lit,And all our breakfasts done,We spread our toys out on the floorAnd played there in the sun. The nursery smelled of Christmas tree,And under where it stoodThe shepherds watched their flocks of sheep,– All made of painted wood. Outside the house the air was coldAnd…
Holly ~ Free Vintage Illustration
This lovely vintage botanical illustration includes a sprig of holly with bright scarlet berries and, to the right, a smaller blossoming sprig of holly with pretty white flowers. The image is from Familiar Wild Flowers by F. Edward Hulme, circa 1890. Click on image to enlarge.
Reindeer ~ Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage illustration of two beautiful reindeer on a hill. One of the reindeer is grazing on berries from a bush. A row of trees and range of mountains is in the background. The image is from Little Folks Natural History that was published by McLoughlin Bros in 1902. Click on image to…
